Thursday, February 2, 2012

The President Takes on Dropouts

"Obama's call for youths to stay in school till 18 good, but not enough, Duke professors say"


Read the whole article here.


The best quote comes at the end of the article. As is so often the case: "[Raising the age limit of compulsory education] is a good idea, but I worry about cash-strapped states finding the money to finance the extension," Ladd said. "So the question is, would the federal government simply mandate that all states raise the compulsory education age, or would the government provide financial incentives?"

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